[A "Peep" from the recreation grounds, Bedford, England] (LOC)

[A "Peep" from the recreation grounds, Bedford, England]

[between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900].

1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color.

Notes:
 Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J--foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905.
Print no. "10744".
Forms part of: Views of Great Britain and Ireland, primarily England, in the Photochrom print collection.

Subjects:
 England--Bledford.

Format: Photochrom prints--Color--1890-1900.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on reproduction.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Views of Great Britain and Ireland, primarily England (DLC) 2002696059

More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available athdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pgz

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.08006

Call Number: LOT 13415, no. 028 [item]

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  2. swanq (4 weeks ago | reply)

    The river in Bedford is the Ouse, sometimes the Great Ouse, to distinguish it from several other UK rivers called the Ouse, which probably meant "water" or "slow-flowing river."

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  4. Arden (LOC P&P) (4 weeks ago | reply)

    Thanks Swanq, we will add the name of the river to the description.

  5. artolog (4 weeks ago | reply)

    And that is John Webster's suspension footbridge (1888) in the background, still a major local landmark.
    Here's the Google Street View from the roadway in back of where this photo was taken:
    maps.google.com/maps?q=32+the+embankment,+bed ford,+englan...
    The area is no longer referred to as the the recreation grounds, but as The Embankment.

    I think the two kids here are the same ones in the Howard Statue Photochrom that precedes this. Their clothes are the same, but of different colors in the 2 pictures, but the Photochrom process, as I understand it, starts with a black and white photo which is then separated by color on multiple lithograph plates, each with a different color ink, which are then each printed on the composite final print. So the color choice is made by the printer, and isn't necessarily the color of the original scene.

  6. Arden (LOC P&P) (4 weeks ago | reply)

    artolog: Sharp eyes! Yes, these do look like the same two children that are in the Howard Statue image. You are correct that the color may not match the original scene and could be changed. Thanks for the current name of this location too.

  7. artolog (4 weeks ago | reply)

    Looking closer I see the kids (and the man from the Howard Statue shot) are in another one.
    www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/827 1617887/in/p...

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